Template for splitting leather soles



April 18, 1933. CAGGIANO 1,904,405

TEMPLATE FOR SPLITTING LEATHER SOLES Filed June 6, 1931 I INVENTOR, Iinf/202g @yy/arw,

ATTORNEY.

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My invention relates to improvements in templates v for splittingleather soles which are usually used in repairing shoes.

.An Object of my invention is to provide a template to be used inco-operation with a leather splitting machine, so that, by using thetemplate, the desired thipkness and surface of the sole willbe removedwithout sl 1tting the sole over its entire area. It is the practice, atthe present time, to run a sole .through a splitting machine when "thesole is thicker than re uired for the repair WOI'k at hand, This re ucesthe thickness of the sole, but at the expense of the Wearing surface, aswell as at the edges. In other words, the splittingv machine removes alayer of leather from the soleover its entire area.

Bythe use of my invention, this objection is overcome, and a strip ofthe 'solefonly is removed, where desired, lea derofthe sole offullthickness.

g the remain- In the embodiment of my invention illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, a template is shown which in use permits theremoval of a strip ofleather around, or along the marginal edge of asole whilejretaining the fullthickness' of the. leather at the center ofthe sole, or; that, artnormallylocated under the ball of the oot, and,therefore, in

aflposition to receive the most wear. How

ever-,1 do not confine myself to this shape,

: as it will be readily understood that-various .shapes of templates maybe used, depending. uponthat portion of the sole desired to be portionto'beretained, in.

removed and that any particular case.

Other objectsv and advantages of my' iii-1 vention will appear inthe'specification, ac-

. nsertion in asjllitting'machine.

t1ngmac'e. Fig. 3 isa diagrammatic view illustrating companying drawing,and appended claim;

Inthe accompanymg drawing: Fig. 1 is a plan view-illustrating a tern:plate placed app a leathersole ready for- Fig. 2 is a partial,sectional'view illustrating the displacement ofthe leather :by thetemplate, forcing down the portions of the leather under thetemfilalte'into position for en'ga ement ,withthe *of leather themarginal edge of a leather'solefe of the split ga ed in the splittingmachine.

. g. Q 1s a sectional viewoi a leather sole, after its passage with thetemplate through Fig. 5 plan view illustrating the" strip removedfromthesole by the split-'- the splitting machine, andter.

throughout:

placed. in the desired position overthe leather Referring now tothedrawing detail, in which like numerals refer toil like parts the leathersole and template asthey are en The gage 1, of some thin, transpiiji'entsub stance, preferably celluloid, is formed With' the centrallydisposed opening 2, and. is

sole 3, and; the template 1 and'sole are then inserted between therevolving rolls 4; of a stripping machine. The rolls 4 exert pres sureupon'thej sole '3 and teniplate 51, thereby causing the template, whereit is in engagement with the sole 3, to force. the marginal portionso ofthe sole 3 downward into 'en.-' gagement withthe knife6. Thus, as thesole 3 is forced through the rolls 4 intoengagement with the knife-6,the. marginal portion 5 of the soleleather are s'hearedofi', .while thecentrally disposed portion? of the sole 3 is displaced upward into theopening 2'inthe template 1 by reason of the pressure of the rolls 4,,rides freely o'ver'the knife ,6," thereby retaining rts full thickness,as illustrated in section of a leather sole 3, I after passing andillustrating the full thickness at3 and {'Fig. 4 at3. In Fig...4,;is1llustrate'd a cross through a slitter with one of the-templates thethinned edges 8.' dillustratesthe the knife 6' strip' of leather 5removed J It will thus be understood that I have providedjanieans forremoving any desired, re- .stricted area from a leather sole, withoutdiS-.

from

turbing the thickness of the remaining area. of

the sole.- It is also within the scope of my invention that templatesof. different thick-- ness may be employed,'whereby the removed portion5 will, of course, -be difierent. The.

'advantageof using a transparent template is tolassist the user in locatngthesame on .imi;

a ieceof sole leather. l'.- Iaim is:-"

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As an article ,of manufacture, a template for shoe soles comprising asheet of thin transparent material, as celluloid, of a shape and sizecorresponding to'the shape and size 5 of a leather sole and formed witha centrally disposed opening whose periphery is approxi mately parallelto the outer edge or periphery 1 of said template.

In. testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my 10 signature.

' "ANTHONY CAGGIANO.

